Original subtitles

♪ Your honey tastes so sweet ♪

♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪

♪ The only sugar in my tea You are to me ♪

♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪

♪ When I don't have a bicycle ♪

♪ When I don't have food to eat ♪

♪ You're the only one that stood by me ♪

- ♪ My honey ♪ - ♪ My honey ♪

- ♪ My honey ♪ - ♪ My honey ♪

- ♪ My honey ♪ - ♪ My honey ♪

♪ My honey ♪

- I won, I told you I will win. - Don't worry, next time I'll win.

OK, don't worry.

[the boys pant]

Oh, Jesus, I'm tired.

[panting heavily]

[exclaims] I'm very hungry.

Me too.

Where's my spoon?

- So that it will swell very well. - [chuckles]

I hope you left some for Rose and Mama, right?

Yes, now.

I know when Rose comes back, she will still give us her own to take.

But that does not mean we won’t keep some for her and Mama.

Ugo has not come back since yesterday.

- [Igbo] What is it? - Ah! Pray!

- In Jesus' name. - Amen.

Jesus, come and eat.

Satan, go away.

- Holy Spirit, come and eat. Amen. - Amen.

[Igbo] Take it easy, man.

- Rose. - Yes, Mum?

This set of food is for Tunde and his boys.

Yes, Mama.

Hurry up with those plates you are washing. We've run out of plates.

[Igbo] Quickly, quickly.

Yes, Mama.

- Mama. - Yes?

Should I go to Mr Joseph's shop to get those plates?

No, no, no, just leave that. [Igbo] When you finish.

- OK. - When you finish.

[man in pidgin] You will spoil it.

[pidgin] Well done, everyone.

- [laughs] Food has come! - Well done.

- Ay! See work. - [pidgin] Brother, let's get to work.

- Mr Tunde. Good morning. - Ah!

- Rose. - Sir.

- [pidgin] You've come? - Yes, sir.

[chuckles] Put that down.

- OK. - [chuckles]

- [pidgin] This is yours. - Um...

- And two meat. - Eeh.

- Open the others. - Hmm?

Open the other one, those ones.

Open all, now.

- [pidgin] Are you are hiding something? - Ah! Mr Tunde.

[pidgin] Don't be upset.

[pidgin] That's it.

Um, give me this one.

- [kisses teeth] Who served this food? - It's my mum.

Ay!

[pidgin] This one has two meat but the rice is smaller than the others.

No problem, give me spoon.

- What is it? - No, nothing.

[pidgin] I just want to transfer.

Rosie, Rosie...

Take this one.

Go, give them.

Give me the cover for this one.

Rosie, Rosie.

[pidgin] In situations like this, I'll wash my hands before eating.

[pidgin] It's not a small thing.

[chatter]

[moaning]

[man] Ooh, baby! [moans]

[man] Oh! Baby, you’re too sweet.

- Mm-hm. - [pidgin] I hope nobody touches my thing.

[woman in pidgin] No one touches it for now, as long as you behave properly.

[man] I've told you that I’ll take care of you.

I don’t like to share this thing with anybody.

[woman speaks pidgin] Nobody is sharing it, guy.

[pidgin] But... this is 3K.

[man] I know, I know. I will complete it on Friday.

Please? OK?

[woman in pidgin] I really do not like this kind of arrangement

[man] Ah, I told you I'll give you...

[woman] Please don't let it exceed Friday.

[man] No, it won't exceed. You know you're my babe

[woman kisses teeth] I hear you.

[woman in pidgin] Leave first, leave first, so no one will see you.

[woman] Keep going. Hmm.

[woman] Don't worry, keep going. Don't wait for me.

- Hey! Mummy, welcome. - [Obi] Mummy, welcome.

- Sister, welcome. - Obi, [Igbo] how are you?

- Fine. - Uh-huh.

Mummy is tired.

[sighs] Yes. She's very tired.

She needs to rest, OK?

Anyway, how was school?

Eh! It was fine, just that...

My teacher said that if I do not pay my school fees,

I shouldn’t come to school on Monday.

[Igbo language] My dear.

Don't worry, yeah?

- We'll pay your school fees before Monday. - OK.

- Have you eaten? - Yes, and we kept some for you, too.

- Rose, I am still hungry. - Obi!

Leave him alone.

My dear, don’t worry. I am not hungry myself.

- And guess what? - [both] What?

Mama brought home rice and stew!

- [they chatter excitedly] - [laughs]

What is it?

All right, sit down, let me dish it myself.

Why would you go for the food like that?

There is no meat, so you have to eat it like that, yeah? Take.

You can't wait. [laughs]

[pidgin] All right, stay, I'm coming.

[sobbing, sniffling]

Are you OK?

Ah-ah. Talk to me now.

[Igbo] What is it?

It's been a long time since we ate rice.

Nonso, I won’t lie to you

I have since come to realise that you are a man.

[Igbo] My dear.

Things are hard.

Mama borrowed money to cook this food.

We sold, but she made very little profit.

And she has to pay back tomorrow.

That’s why she's sad

[sighs] But don’t worry, hmm?

Everything will be fine.

Oh?

I'll get us out of here.

You will, I know you will.

[pidgin] All right, eat, oh? It's OK.

Oh! [chuckles]

Is it because of food

you people don’t want to stand up and greet your big sister, right?

Sister Ugo, welcome.

[chuckles] Mummy’s last born.

[Igbo] My dear, how are you?

How are you? [chuckles]

[Igbo] My dear.

How are you?

Hmm. [pidgin] I'm fine. How are you?

[pidgin] I'm OK Where have you been?

Mum is...

In fact, she's fed up with you

[Igbo] That woman should go and rest, please.

[Igbo] She should go and rest?

OK. [Igbo] She is resting.

Nonso.

[Igbo] You don't want to greet me?

Welcome.

[Igbo] How are you?

[Nonso in Igbo] I'm fine.

[chuckles] Come, come, come.

[speaks pidgin] Please come.

[pidgin] You overdo things, come. Mmh! [kisses teeth]

- [pidgin] Did you put salt? - Yes.

Just the plantain left.

[Igbo] Where is all this food from?

Where did you people get all the food from?

Mama.

Ugo bought them... for dinner.

With which money?

Mama, I did a job.

I did a job for someone.

You did a job for someone and they paid you, yeah?

And you used it to buy food?

Two days!

Two good days you’ve been out of this house.

You come home, feeling you’ve bought food.

[Igbo] So that I'll applaud.

And congratulate you for being a wonderful child, right?

Hmm, Mama.

Mama, I was out, hustling for all of us, for the family.

[Igbo] I'm doing my best to make our lives better. But it's not good enough for you.

[Igbo] It is not because your hustle makes no sense!

[Igbo] You are a prostitute. A cheap prostitute, that’s what you are!

Look at you. Are you not ashamed of yourself?

You hustle and they pay you money and you buy food.

And you think I should be proud of you? You should be ashamed of yourself.

[sighs] Thank God I have finally said it!

[Igbo] I've been restraining for a long time. Didn't know how to say it.

I've said it!

Look at you. Do you know when all this started?

When you started going out without telling anybody.

[Igbo] When I call you and ask, you will feel like a big chick.

Then you started staying out late.

As if that was not enough, you started spending nights out.

Now you stay out for nights!

If your father were alive, will he be proud of you?

Answer me! Are you even proud of yourself?

I'm asking you, are you proud?!

[Igbo] Cheap prostitute.

[Igbo] Say something.

[Ugo sniffles]

[Igbo] Are you crying? You haven't started crying yet.

Yes, yes! Look at me!

[Igbo] Stare at me. Yes!

I said it! Am I wrong?

What she's doing is wrong!

And let me tell you people, I am content with myself.

I am proud of my poverty! At least I work hard.

I hustle, too. I work hard but with dignity.

Let me tell you. Any bad thing you do out there reflects back to me.

So you had better sit up.

[Igbo] You are all waiting for plantain which was bought through prostitution.

[Igbo] I'm not part of this. Nonsense!

Nonso. [Igbo] Come and finish up, OK?

Rose. You people get up.

Up, up, up.

[sniffles]

- [Rose] Good morning. - Good morning, Rose.

Ugo, get up, please, get up. Let's prepare things for the shop

Obi.

Go to school.

OK, at least get your brothers ready for school.

[Ugo groans]

[kisses teeth]

[Igbo] Hey! No, no, no, Rose, please. Cut it tiny-tiny, please.

[Igbo] Ah. Mama, take a look. Isn’t this small?

[Igbo] It's big!

See, the meat I used to buy for 500 naira...

- Is now 800 naira. - Eh?

[Igbo] No, things are expensive. You need to take it easy, please.

- Mummy, good morning. - Good morning.

[Igbo] My dear. Hope you slept well?

- Mummy, good morning. - Morning, Nonso.

[Rose] Nonso.

Eh!

[Igbo] This small rice I cooked.

Mama, don’t worry, OK? They will eat beans and sip garri.

- Eh? - Mm, don’t worry.

Rose, thank you.

[Rose in Igbo] Mama, no problem.

[Rose in Igbo] All right, let's go, dear.

Nelo, come, come, come.

[Nelo in Igbo] Sir.

[pidgin] Go, tell Nonso's mother that I'm hungry.

[pidgin] Let her find me something to eat now.

Now, now!

- Nelo. - Eh! [Igbo] Rose, come.

[pidgin] Who owns the food?

- [Rose] Nelo. - Nelo.

[pidgin] Really? Bring it then

Nelo! [pidgin] Let her bring another one for you, yeah?

OK, sir.

- You, come now, talk to me. - [pidgin] It’s 150.

- It's 150, sir. - 150! [pidgin] That’s not a small amount.

[Tunde] OK, 150.

[laughs] Come close now.

- [Rose] Thank you. - [laughs]

[pidgin] Sir! If this is a joke, please stop it.

[pidgin] Don't try it again. I beg you in the name of God.

[pidgin] Aah! Please.

[pidgin] What is it? Are you still a child?

[laughs]

It's soft.

Ay!

[pidgin] This girl is endowed.

[whispers] It's too much.

[crying]

[sobs, sniffles]

[chatter]

- [Tunde, pidgin] So, a new customer. - [man] Yeah

Yeah, I'm around the neighbourhood.

I just suddenly discovered my car started jerking

so I managed to the nearest mechanic workshop.

Yeah.

You're still around, yeah?

All right. [pidgin] No problem.

- Welcome, sir. - Good afternoon.

So... hmm. [pidgin] This car stopped on the road.

Started jerking for no reason. It took a lot of restarts to get me here.

- Jerking? - Mm-hmm.

OK, let me have your key.

- Mama. - [Igbo] What is it?

- [Igbo] Are you back? - Yes.

- [Igbo] Whose food is this? - This one? This one is for Tunde.

- [Igbo] What is it? - [Igbo] It’s nothing.

No, don’t tell me it's nothing.

I saw the expression on your face.

Rose, talk to me. [Igbo] I am your mother.

- Mama, it’s Mr Tunde. - Yeah?

Yesterday, he touched... He touched my...

- [Igbo] Did he touch your boobs? - Hey! [Igbo] No, Mama.

[Igbo] I feared so. What is it then?

- He touched my buttocks. - Hey! [Igbo] I’m finished!

- [Igbo] Mama, mama, please. - He touched your... your buttocks?

Did you say Mr Tunde touch you where? Has he lost his mind?!

Does he know whose daughter you are? Does he know who conceived you?

- I told him off. - [Igbo] You told him what?

- He won’t try it again, I'm sure. - [Igbo] No wait, let me go.

[Igbo] You know what, don't worry. Let me take his food to him.

- No, no, no, no. - Mama, I'm sure.

If you don’t trust him, trust me. Eh?

- Eh? - Eh!

Hurry up and come back. [Igbo] Right now!

[Igbo] Here is my spit on the ground. Be sure to come back before it dries up

[Igbo] Take a look at the small buttocks Tunde is lusting after!

[kisses teeth] Stupid man.

[Igbo] What will he do when he sees a big one?

[man whistling]

[chatter]

[plate clattering]

Are you OK?

Who was this for?

OK, um... I'd like to pay for the food. All right?

Here. For the food.

Oh!

All right.

Uh! How far?

[pidgin] Start it. Just start it.

Ah! 50 Naira.

- Come again. - Thank you.

- [Rose] Mama. [laughs] - Hian!

- Rose! - Mama.

[Igbo] Why the smiles? Your face all fresh and...

Mama, have it.

- Where did you get this money from? - Mama, somebody gave it to me.

[Igbo] What for?

- When I went to deliver Mr Tunde's food... - Yes?

I...

I... I poured the food. Mistakenly.

But see, Mama, somebody paid for it.

[Igbo] No. Wait, I don't understand.

You mistakenly poured Tunde’s food and someone gave you this huge amount for it?

Did you tell the person that the food is just for 150 naira only?

[Igbo] Mama, I didn't tell him.

He didn’t let me say anything. He just gave me the money.

[Igbo] Yes!

- [Igbo] Really? - Seriously.

See, take.

[chuckles]

- [Igbo] Can you imagine? - Mama.

I have to go and give Mr Tunde another food.

[Igbo] Absolutely, let me dish it.

Hold this for me.

Mr Tunde will get double today.

[Igbo] All right, cover it.

Wait, let me cover it.

Hey! Haa!

Hey, the main action.

[laughs]

My God, you're too much.

Hey! [laughs]

My awesome God!

I know this one is from you.

[Igbo] When I am in tears, you wipe them away.

Let me count this one. You just hit the jackpot.

One, two, three, four, five, six.

Hey! [Igbo] I said it!

Jackpot!

Now, how do I share this money?

Mama Nkechi?

[Igbo] I owe her money

The money she lent me, 3,000.

One, two, three.

Then I used the balance to cook. No, no, no, no.

Mama Nkechi has been a good friend. She deserves interest.

So that tomorrow, when I go back, she will give me more money.

Then I will use this balance to cook food. I sell and I make profit.

Hey!

[Igbo] God in heaven, let me give you the best kiss now.

[kisses]

[laughs]

- [Rose] Mama, Mama, Mama. - Yes, dear.

Mama, let me go and throw this trash can away, OK?

No , but we've not yet... closed for the day.

Eeeh!

[chatter, rooster crows]

[pidgin] You will move the car closer to where my tools are

so that we can work on it very well

[chatter continues]

[man] Rose.

- Nelo, good afternoon. - Good afternoon.

- [pidgin] How are you doing? - I'm fine, I'm fine.

- Do you want rice? - Eh?

Do you want rice?

[chuckles]

Yes. I want rice.

OK, let me go and get it for you.

Rose.

Huh?

Um... That’s not... why I stopped you.

- Eh? - [Nelo] Eh...

- What is it? - I, um...

I...

I wanted to... apologise for...

what happened two days ago. When Mr Tunde...

Oh!

It's OK.

- It's OK, oh? - Ah!

[stammers] It pained me... I was... Ah!

I didn't know how the thing was... [kiss teeth]

Oh, no, don't bother, it’s OK. [pidgin] It's in the past.

[Yoruba] Sorry.

Don't worry, let me go get the food.

OK.

- OK then. [Igbo] Sit down. - [Rose] Mama!

- [Igbo] Yes dear. - Another plate.

- Another plate? - Yeah.

- [Igbo] Who for? - Nelo. [Igbo] He said he wants to eat.

Ha! That fine boy.

[Igbo] That boy is handsome.

Hey! [Igbo] Did you take a closer look at his nose?

Handsome boy, fair. Tall and handsome.

[laughs]

[Igbo] The boy is simply handsome.

Sometimes I wonder what he is doing in a mechanic's workshop.

He’s been there for, like, two months, yeah?

[Igbo] Mama, put the food. I have no idea, maybe.

- [Igbo] Or has he completed it? - [Igbo] I don't know.

Madam, please. [Igbo] Is that my food you're dishing?

[Igbo] No, my dear, yours is next.

That boy...

[Igbo] OK, hurry up.

Hey!

[Igbo] My dear, please, I'm almost done. Don’t be upset.

Uh, give me 50 naira nuts.

[pidgin] Or make it 100. It's sweet?

Nelo.

- Take it. - [chuckles]

Um...

- [boy] Sir, sir. - [Igbo] What?

- What is it? - Take.

[kisses teeth]

[rooster crows]

Sir...

Sir...

Hey!

- How are you? - Fine.

- Are you OK? - Yes. [chuckles]

- You sure? - Yes

- You didn’t have any... issues? - No, no.

- Thank you. - You're welcome.

Sir.

We sell food.

- My mum. - OK?

Our shop is just...

Sorry. It's this side. It's just by that pole.

If you get to this pole and look straight, that's where...

No [laughs] Sorry, it's this side.

- OK. - [Tunde] Sir?

- I want to show you something here. - OK.

Sorry, sir, um...

Ehh...

Do you want to eat?

- We have rice. - [chuckles] No, thank you.

- What if it's... - [Tunde] Sir! Sir!

- [man] Wait. - [pidgin] Come, let me show you something.

- Come, come. - [Rose] Sorry.

Uh, what if it's just to taste the food?

[stammers] I...

I... I...

I... I really want to appreciate you.

- For the money. - It's OK, it's fine. Thank you.

What of meat? We have meat.

- [Tunde] Sir, come now! - Calm down.

- It's fine. - Meat?

- OK. - [chuckles] OK, OK. Thank you.

[pidgin] What happened?

[pidgin] I've done it.

- Mama. - Rose, you’re back.

Yes.

- Rose! - Ma.

[Igbo] What are you doing? What are you doing?

Ehh... Mama, you know that man that gave us money?

[Mama Rose in Igbo] Wait.

- [Igbo] Wait. - Why are you packing my meat?

[chuckles] Mama, you know that man that gave us money?

- Yes? - He said he wants some meat.

Is that why you should take all the meat from my cooler?

Eh! Rose!

[Igbo] What’s with the run, please?

If you want anything else, you can tell me.

No, this is fine. This is really good. Who made this, you?

- Um, no. It’s... it’s my mum. - Oh.

She makes everything we sell.

But I cook too, sometimes.

So are you in... school?

No. I'm not.

Why? You... seem really smart and intelligent.

Actually... my... my mum is trying to get me back into school.

We had some... some family problem.

Would you tell me about it?

I'll respect that.

I'll come back for the plate.

[car horn honks]

In short, Rose, there's something I want to discuss with you.

[Igbo] What is it?

[Igbo] What’s all the desultory today about?

Rushing to the mechanic’s workshop over ten times in one day.

Is it because of that man that gave you money?

Ah, Mama. [kisses teeth]

[Igbo] Please don’t bother yourself. It was nothing.

[Igbo] You looked at me and called me a small girl, right?

[Igbo] Between you and I, who is the small girl?

I was once your age, so I know what I'm talking about.

Let me tell you,

I don’t want you to disgrace yourself, around this area.

[Igbo] I already have your sister. Don’t add your own problems to it.

[Igbo] Mama, why are you bothering yourself? I said it was nothing.

- It was nothing? - [Igbo] I have told you.

If you don’t trust anybody, trust me.

[Igbo] I hear you.

After all...

[Igbo] He is well learned.

He's educated and I'm not.

There are so many barriers for anything to even start in the first place.

Ah?

[Igbo] OK. I trust you

[Igbo] If you say I should trust you, then I will.

But you should understand I’m a mother.

I'm just being careful. [Igbo] You know you're beautiful.

[Igbo] You're still a child and don't know what's in the world.

- You have to be careful, please. - Mama, you don’t have to be bothered. Eh?

[Igbo] You know me very well, so what are you saying?

I won’t do the wrong things. I won’t let you down, oh?

I won’t even let me down.

[Igbo] Not even Nonso and Obi. Mama...

[Igbo] It’s unthinkable. It’s not possible.

[Igbo] My daughter, I believe you. I trust you .

- [Igbo] It's me. - Eh? Ro-Ro!

[both chuckle]

Sister, didn’t you hear me?

I hear you. [pidgin] What is it?

[Igbo] She’s our mother

[pidgin] But, sister, people see you and they say things.

[pidgin] All those things fill her head. What do you expect?

[Igbo] She won't be happy.

Rose. Your mother has appreciation issues.

[pidgin] I'm happy that she spoke her mind though.

[pidgin] I too have spoken my mind.

You know how we left the whole idea of going to school

when I was in SS3 and you were in JS1?

We barely fed.

It has even taken a turn for the worse now.

You think I'm happy?

You think I'm happy seeing us the way we live?

See Nonso and Obi.

See the way they look to school.

See the way we have to... suffer to even put food on our table.

When I even think of them, I don’t even feel like coming home.

It gets me so depressed. I don’t even feel like coming back here.

They said we should count our blessings and we will see what God has done.

I'm sorry.

I don’t... feel... blessed.

[breathes deeply]

But I am a street-smart girl

and I will do anything that I can to alleviate us from this suffering.

Whether your mother likes it or not.

Whether she appreciates me or not.

Please, sister.

Just take care of yourself.

I always do.

- [Mama] Rose. - Ma?

[Igbo] Do you know what I'm thinking?

[Igbo] What is it?

I'm just thinking that when we have money, we should buy a cart.

[Igbo] We buy a wheelbarrow

[Igbo] We move around selling food Instead of sitting in one place to sell.

I mean, if we move around with the barrow, we’ll be able to get more customers

[Igbo] Don’t you think so?

And cook more food, right?

[laughs] Rose. You're always chatty.

[Igbo] Why not?

When the time to cook more food comes...

[Igbo] We’ll have money. We will cook it.

- [both chuckles] - OK. No problem.

- Rose. - Ma?

Ha! Go and attend to the customer.

- [Igbo] You are just there, gawking. - OK.

- [Igbo] Hurry up, hurry up. - Yes, ma. Yes, ma.

- Good afternoon. - Good afternoon. You good?

- I'm fine, thank you. - That’s your mum, yeah?

- Yes, that's my mum. - Wow.

So, um, I'll be here till about noon.

If it's not a bother, do you mind fixing me a plate of meat like yesterday?

- [laughs] OK, no problem. - Thank you.

- Mama. - Yes?

He wants meat.

Is he the man that gave you money yesterday?

- Yes. - Why didn’t you tell me?

[Igbo] You misbehave at times.

I would have gone to greet him now.

[Igbo] There's no problem, you can go later. He’s still around.

[stammers in Igbo] You make it seem like I lack home training.

- [laughs] Mama. - [Igbo] Who is laughing with you?

Give me the meat, let me go.

[man] Hey!

- Here it is, sir. - Thank you.

- It smells good. - [laughs]

- What’s your name? - Rose.

- Rose. - Hmm.

I'm Desmond.

[Rose chuckles]

Hmm.

How is your mum?

She’s fine

She wants to thank you, um, because of yesterday.

- No, no, it's nothing. How much is this? - No, no, no, no.

- I'm sure... I'm sure she doesn’t mind. - Are you kidding?

No. Really she...she doesn't mind. I'm sure.

- Do you want me to kneel down for you? - Ah! No, no, no...

Thank you.

[Igbo] My dear.

[Igbo] What’s with the big smile on your face?

I said it. I said that this man is responsible for your smiles.

[laughs] Mama. He just said something funny.

Mmm. [Igbo] That's your concern.

[Igbo] All I'm saying is, no one should disgrace me.

- [sighs] No one will disgrace you. - [Igbo] Here it is.

Take this food to Tunde and his boys. I'm sure they are hungry by now.

[Igbo] Come back now.

- [Igbo] My dear, let me get you water. - All right, ma.

[Igbo] Here it is.

- [pidgin] Is it painful? - Mm-hmm.

Sorry.

[sighs]

- Mama. - [Igbo] My dear.

- Good afternoon. - Good afternoon.

- [Nonso and Obi] Mama, good afternoon. - [Igbo] My children, good afternoon.

[sighs]

God.

- [Igbo] Is everything OK? - [Igbo] Yes, everything is OK.

- Have you children eaten? - [both] Yes, Ma.

[Igbo] My dear, stop busting bubbles like a cheap prostitute!

[Igbo] I’ve heard you.

So how are you?

[Igbo] I’m doing OK.

Anyway, Rose, later in the day...

you will go to Mama Nkechi’s mum house and return the money that she lent us.

- OK. - Eh?

Already?

I mean, we can already pay her back?

[Igbo] It's God.

Good fortune smiled on us this week.

There was this man that gave your sister Rose a huge sum of 6,000 naira...

for a plate of food... that she poured.

[stuttering] Mama!

[giggles]

- You did not tell me about this man. - [kisses teeth]

[Igbo] Gossip.

There is nothing to say.

[Igbo] It is better that way. Because I'm watching you people.

My eyes are on both of you. [Igbo] You and that man.

Mama.

Allow this girl please. Let her live her life.

What do you mean "let her live her life"?

So I should allow her mess herself up because of a pygmy 6,000 naira?

- Mama, that is not what I’m saying. - So what are you saying?

[Igbo] What are you saying?

Mama, she meant you should trust me.

I'm a growing woman.

Rose. [Igbo] Because of these pygmy budding breasts,

you say you are growing woman, eh? OK.

[Igbo] When you come home with 20 litres, then you will know what I'm talking about.

Mama, nobody is coming to this house with 20 litres.

There are so many ways to prevent it.

[murmuring]

[murmuring continues]

- Rose! - Hey. Good afternoon.

- Good afternoon. - Good afternoon, how are you?

I'm fine, thank you.

I came to see you

Me?

Why?

What about your car

Oh, no, no. The car is fine, it's perfect.

I passed the stall, I didn’t see you.

I was about to make a U-turn and then I saw you and I came over .

OK.

Come in.

[stuttering] No, no. Um...

I think I should be going now.

My mum... she will be waiting for me.

I need a favour from you.

A favour?

OK, what is it?

I love your stew.

I can tell because I’ve eaten the meat.

And I'll please want you to come make stew for me...

- What? - At my place every weekend.

Well, you’ll have to talk to my mum about that.

I do cook sometimes,

but my mum prepares everything we sell.

So come in. Let's go and tell her.

No, no, um...

Please just come behind me.

Please. Thank you.

[car beeping]

Hey!

My son. Good evening.

Thank you, ma'am, how are you?

I’m well, there is God.

My dear, thank you for the other day.

Ah, no, mama, it's nothing. You're welcome. It's nothing at all.

My God, He will bless you.

- Amen, amen, and bless you too, Mama. - Thank you.

I was discussing something with your daughter.

First of all...

Mama, I love your stew.

- [chuckles] - Wow!

- That is what everybody says. - What did you put inside?

[Igbo] Nothing, just my God-given talent..

I’ll please love you to come make stew and soup for me every weekend.

I'm sure we can work out a convenient arrangement.

Hey. My dear, that's not possible.

I cannot come and live in your house.

Neither can my daughter, Rose, come and live in your house.

She helps me in at house and here.

But don’t worry, I will help you look for somebody that will assist you.

No, ma. Thank you very much.

I don’t want a live-in maid.

I don’t even want a maid at all.

I have a cleaning company that comes to clean from time to time.

What I want... is someone that can cook.

She says you cook the food you sell?

- Yes. - That's what I want.

You can cook the food in your house and bring to mine or...

you can come to mine and cook

And... if you're not going to be around, you can send Rose or your son.

Mmm. OK.

But why do you want us to cook for you, eh?

There are lots of people that know how to cook foreign dishes

in the place where you're staying.

You want to know the truth?

Yes.

I just want to help.

For Rose’s sake.

She didn’t say much.

She once said she is looking forward to going back to school

whenever you can afford it.

And I figured this wasn't doing too much, so I want to help.

And knowing that you’re a very hard-working woman

who would rather earn every penny...

I came up with this idea.

She's a very good girl, for all I can see.

With lots of potential.

Lots of untapped potential.

She's a very good girl, I am very proud of her.

- Ro-Ro! - Ma.

- I'm very proud of her. - I'm sure.

So, Ma... my proposal?

Ehm...

OK, we will do it, eh?

We will do it, I'll come and cook for you.

Listen, I'll cook and I will bring it to your house.

Oh, my God. I don’t even know where you live.

- [laughs] - But any day...

that I am unable to bring the food because of market things,

you know, I do go to the market to buy food items,

Ro-Ro will cook and she will bring it to you.

- She's a very good cook. - I'm sure.

- You won't have any problem with her. - I'm sure.

So I can go show her my house now?

Um...

Yes.

And we can discuss your salary now, if you don’t mind.

- Salary? - Yes.

You mean you will pay me salary?

I’ll pay for the cooking... and I'll also pay for your services.

You will pay me salary?

My God!

[laughs]

[Igbo] How much?

Nonso's school fees....

10,000 naira.

- 10,000 naira in one month. - Done.

Really? [laughs]

- My dear, thank you. - Thank you.

Thank you, my son.

- Thank you, ma, thank you. - [Igbo] God bless you.

- Amen, bless you too. - [Igbo] God bless you.

♪ This your love interesting ♪

♪ Baby, you are my blessing ♪

♪ Girl, you're my fantasy ♪

♪ For you, I give thanks ♪

♪ One in a million Once in my narrow way ♪

♪ My diamond, my Pespi, my Coke, my boo ♪

♪ The sign of your call, baby, is saying

♪ I love you, I love you I love you, my boo ♪

Welcome to my... humble abode. It's nothing.

Huh?

Please, after you.

Visitors, lounge, upstairs.

Guest toilet.

The living room.

Dining...

Come... This way.

Dining..

[yawning]

- [Igbo] How much? - 20,000 naira.

20,000 naira?

Ah, it's too much now!

What for, eh?

But, ehh...

he said he likes lots of meat in is food.

Even at that, it's still too much.

Anyway...

I’ll cook all the pots of soup and then I will add plenty of meat!

Mama, if you see how he emphasized on the meat.

- Take it. - OK, dear.

- [Igbo] Eh, is Ugo in? - [scoffs, kisses teeth]

[Igbo] She’s not in. She's out.

Yes, Rose, please.

On Saturday, I think both of us should go to his house.

I need to know where he lives.

Ah, mama... Is not necessary.

Of course it's necessary, we are cooking for him.

I don’t know who he is, so I need to know.

Mama, he is safe.

I went to his house, he’s safe.

- [Igbo] Do you know where he lives? - [Igbo] Where?

- Golf Estate. - Oh...

[Igbo] It’s quite a far distance. You don’t need such stress.

Don’t worry, he’s safe, I'm telling you. Trust me.

Really. Trust you!

Every time you tell me to trust you.

Mama! [laughs]

Mama, you need to.

I'm at home.

But I'm busy now.

Mm-hmm.

Yeah, when I'm done I'll let you know so you can come over.

All right.

Come.

Join me.

[chuckles] No.

- I can’t. - I insist.

Thank you for coming.

It's my duty... for now.

I saw the way you looked at me the very first day...

and I know how you felt...

because I feel the same way too.

[inhales]

I've been wanting to do this...

[whispers] from the very first day.

[whispers] From the very first day.

[door squeaks]

[squeals]

Eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh.

Eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh!

Guy, leave that thing please. [pidgin] I'm surprised at you.

2,000 naira? That’s why you’re giving me stories since that day?

[pidgin] Please pay my balance. I don’t know what you’re doing.

[pidgin] Joachim, let me call you back please.

[Rose chuckles]

- [Igbo] What's wrong with this one? - [chuckles]

What is wrong with you?

We kissed.

[giggles] My first kiss!

[giggles]

Just a kiss?

Yes.

Just a kiss.

Tell me about it.

There is nothing much to say.

OK, we had lunch... together.

He then saw me to the door.

Then at the door he held my hands.

Then he said...

I’ve forgotten what he said, but then kissed me first.

Then we kissed and kissed and kissed and kissed.

- Sister. - [giggles]

Hey!

Thank you.

- Ah. - Rose, good afternoon.

Nelo. Good Afternoon.

How are you?

- I'm very well, thank God. - That's cool.

Well...

We've not been seeing you around.

Uh, the mecha... The boys.

We've been wondering where you’ve been.

[pidgin] I've been around. Me and my mum got another job.

- What! - Mm-hmm.

- Where? - Hmm?

It's, uh...

Sorry, Nelo, I really can’t tell you. OK?

OK.

No problem.

I understand.

[pidgin] I just want to pick up I and Mr Tunde's food.

Oh, OK. It's right over there... on the cooler.

- Uh, Rose. - Yes?

I really like you.

And... I've been... watching you.

And... I've been admiring you.

Um...

You know, it's...

I...

I want us to be close

I know that I’m not much...

I know that I'm not much to look at and I don’t have much.

But I promise you in time... things will change.

It's just that..

You know, life... took a turn for the worst with me.

I... I.. .

I, um... I...

Nelo.

I'm surprised

Maybe flattered, too.

But I'm sorry.

We can’t be more than friends

Why now? Eh?

Is it because of this place?

I promise you with time...

- things will change. - Nelo.

- Please... - Nelo, no.

- [Mama Rose] What is it? - Mama.

- [Igbo] Is everything OK? - Mama, welcome, ma.

- Nelo. - Good evening, welcome, ma.

- Nelo, how are you? - Fine, ma.

- [Igbo] Is everything OK? - Ah! Mama, everything is fine.

- Everything is fine. Rose? - Hmm?

- Thank you for the food, eh? - Oh.

- Rose. - Ma.

[Igbo] Is everything is OK? Is everything is OK?

Mm-hmm. [Igbo] Nothing happened.

[Igbo] All right. Come, come.

Please, we need to start packing up.

It was so hectic in the market today and I almost fainted.

[Igbo] The sun was scorching hot enough to kill.

- You really should try some. - [chuckles]

Listen...

I know It's your cooking... rather, your mother’s cooking.

You should stop... You should try some.

But you know I ate already.

You should stop eating at home and just... eat here

Actually, I just love watching you eat.

I love your arm.

Your hands.

Your mouth.

[laughs]

Keep talking like that... and you’ll get into trouble.

Into big trouble. Very soon.

Do you have a girlfriend?

I thought you were.

Asides me?

Nope.

A wife?

Nope.

Any child?

Nope.

Wait, wait. Is this an interrogation?

No.

It's just...

you're the only one I meet whenever I come here.

Yet...

two pots of soup and a pot of stew...

manage to finish...

every week.

That?

I have guest from time to time.

Guest?

Yes, Rose.

Guest.

[exhales]

Maybe sometime you get to meet them

OK.

For next week?

That’s 50,000.

20 for next week's food. 30 for you.

30! [gasping]

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Let me keep it safely.

What did I tell you about saying thank you?

[chuckles]

Thank you.

[Desmond exhales]

[Rose moans]

Ahh...

[moans]

[singing]

- Nonso! - [Nonso] Yes.

- Obi! - [Obi] Yes.

Come, come, come, come.

Nonso, this is for you.

Hey, sister Rose, thank you. [laughs]

Obi.

- Thank you, thank you! - [laughs]

All right, you both can go. Let me check mine, OK?

What? You don’t like it?

Not that...

but did Mummy give you the money to buy them?

No.

So how did you get them?

I bought them, OK? I bought them.

Who gave you the money?

Nonso...

A friend gave me the money.

In fact, just go and test them, please.

OK

But when Mummy comes back, I'll tell her.

Yes, fine, show her.

Thank you.

- Obi! - Yes, mama.

Come.

Go and bring the clothes that Rose bought for you.

Go and call Rose for me.

In short, Rose!

- [Rose] Mama! - Come here!

Mama, is something wrong?

Where did you get these clothes from?

♪ It's about to go down ♪

What did you say? What did you say?!

Rose, where did you get the clothes from?

Um, Mama, I... I bought them.

You bought them?

- Rose, are you stealing from me? - No!

So where did you get the money to buy the clothes?

Her friend gave her the money.

What friend?

The man?

Yes, mama.

[chuckles]

[Igbo] On what grounds?

I mean, why would he give you money?

Mama, he just gave me the money.

He just gave you the money.

And you did not behave like the child I trained.

You didn't bother to come and show me the money

the way you showed it to me the first time he gave you money?

Eh, Rose!

- Mama, I'm sorry. - You're sorry.

Mama...

You need to let Rose be, please.

Let Rose what? Let Rose be?

So I should allow Rose to sleep with men for money?

- Mama! - [Igbo] What is it?

Obi, Nonso, go inside

[Igbo] Come on, get your hands off here.

[kisses teeth]

Mama...

I don’t sleep with men for money.

[Igbo] Really?

The money you are bringing in here that you cannot explain

is what I'm talking about.

[Igbo] What's on your wrist? Let me see your hand!

Come close.

Watch.

[Igbo] You now wear an expensive watch.

Mama... are you listening to her?

She is not sleeping with men for money.

Give this girl some space, please.

Space? The kind of space I gave you?

See how that turned out.

You ended up first-class [Igbo] cheap prostitute.

Mama, is this what you called me?

Everything that I do, I do it for this family.

I am helping you, Mama.

I don’t need your help. I don’t need your help, this child!

What are we talking about here?! What kind of help?!

[Igbo] Don’t give me that kind of help!

[Igbo] Help from a prostitute Is what I don't want.

Nonsense!

In case you haven’t noticed...

I have been home now more often.

Mama, I know I have made mistakes.

I am doing everything possible to correct them.

- I am trying. - [Igbo] Long talk.

I am trying to turn out for the better.

I am trying, even if it gets difficult sometimes. I am trying.

Rose is nothing like me.

But you don’t even know. You know why? Because you don’t even listen.

You don’t listen, Mama. You don’t!

- [Igbo] It is better you break them! Nonsense.

- Mama... - [Igbo] What is it?

[sniffles]

All this was uncalled for.

Mama...

I am trying not to do the wrong things.

And yes...

Mama is difficult.

But when I'm with someone...

it's because I love the person.

It's not because of money.

Mama, that money was a gift...

and I accepted it as a gift.

Rose, we don’t need the gift.

Rose, we do not need the gift!

Rose, this man pays us for our services!

We don't need the money!

Rose, when you are beside that man, you behave yourself.

[Igbo] Because I gave birth to you!

[Igbo] Rose, I gave birth to you!

Let me tell something, Rose.

If you continue like this, we will stop the cooking.

Yes, the money he gives us is useful...

But we were surviving before he came into our lives, Rose!

We were surviving!

Rose, I was surviving and I will continue to survive.

Do you understand what I’m telling you?!

You don’t have to sell yourself, Rose!

You don’t have to!

You are my child, Rose!

Do you understand me?

[Igbo] You should all stop disgracing me!

[Igbo] You all want me to allow you to develop wings and fly away.

[Igbo] I won't allow that.

Yes, go inside and stay there. Lock yourself up there!

[whispers] I'm struggling...

[distant laughter]

[distant voices]

[chatter, laughter]

[voices]

Good morning, sirs.

Good morning.

I wasn't aware you were coming.

Besides, you usually come in the afternoons.

But it's still Saturday.

OK. I'm sorry.

- I just want to talk to you... - About what?

About yesterday.

Now is not the time! Now is not the time!

You should have come later like you usually do, or even call.

Why are you even upstairs? You never come upstairs.

You’re always downstairs Why are you upstairs?

[stuttering] I'm sorry.

Listen. Just go downstairs to the guest room...

and stay there.

Stay there until I ask you to come out.

[man clears throat]

[whispers] If you don’t hear anything from me, please...

don’t come out.

Your usual place is downstairs.

How far?

[pidgin] Who is that babe?

Uh...

[pidgin] Just one little girl that I'm trying to help.

[pidgin] They are poor, so I'm trying help her, fix her up.

You understand, right?

[Igbo] But you've had sex with her?

[sighs] Gunz...

[pidgin and Igbo] You don't sleep with every girl you meet.

Taaa!

[pidgin] If I hear that you, demon... haven’t slept with that girl.

[pidgin] Let my waist shift.

[pidgin] Guy, don’t call me "demon". I’ve told you before, I don’t like it.

Don't call me "demon".

[pidgin] I want to have her

Gunz...

Guy.

Listen.

We own you.

You're one of us.

[pidgin] This is how we run things from the get-go.

Or...

[pidgin] Would you like us to do this the other way?

[water pouring]

[water pouring]

[glass rattling]

[birds chirping]

[Mama Rose] Ro-Ro, Ro-Ro.

Ro-Ro, hurry, hurry, hurry.

- Rose! - Ma!

Hurry up or I'm leaving you, we're late. Meet me there.

[sniffles]

[pidgin] Listen, what I'm trying to say is, I want us to reconcile.

[pidgin] Please, so we still can do deals together.

[pidgin] You understand? That way I can raise enough cash to refund gradually.

[pidgin] Things are tight around me. I'm so broke.

[pidgin] Please...

[pidgin] Abbey, please. Please, I understand.

[breathes deeply]

[pidgin] Brother, brother. OK, um...

No, no, no. Wait, wait, wait, wait.

[pidgin] I have a ...

teenage girl

[pidgin] Ah! No, brother... trust me.

Fresh.

[sniffs]

Fresh... very fresh. Sweet 16.

Innocent.

I've not...

[pidgin] I’ve touched her just once. Just a little touch, nothing serious.

[pidgin] Apparently, I knew you would call.

[pidgin] So I was touching her, small, small.

[pidgin] I can package her for you

[pidgin] That's not a big deal. The girl will do as I say.

[pidgin] Anything I tell her to do, she will do it immediately.

No, no...

[pidgin] Brother!

[pidgin] You've done well by calling. Everything is good.

No fear attached.

[plates clanking]

Thank you, sir.

Please, please, please.

Please.

Sit.

I'm... I'm sorry about yesterday.

And I didn’t expect you.

That’s why I don't want you coming outside the time of our agreement.

Who are those people?

The people I work with.

People you work with?

What kind of work will mix you up with those people?

I'm sorry.

You have to leave them.

You said you don’t love me.

But... I still care about you.

You have to leave them before it gets late.

They can hurt you.

[chuckles]

It's already late.

How?

I owe people.

And until I pay...

every dime...

I can’t be free.

How much?

[chuckles]

It's a lot of money.

- Is it up to a million naira? - [laughs]

Try that figure in... dollars.

If I don’t pay this people, I can’t be free.

And that’s why you can’t love me.

That’s why we can’t be together.

Before I met you I was fine, I was just fine.

I was OK where I was.

But now you are here...

I... I want more.

I want a girlfriend. I want a wife.

I want kids.

I want kids.

But that’s not possible.

It's not possible.

I don’t have that money.

I... I know.

I know a way that I can pay this money.

But you have to help me.

There is a way?

Yes.

We would pay them and I’ll be free.

We... we would be free and...

and we.. we’ll be together

You would like that, won’t you? Yes.

I know. I do too.

I do.

[whispers] I do too.

Hello?

Hello?

Rose?

[sobbing] Yes.

Are you home now?

Yes.

OK.

Did he treat you well?

No.

- [sniffles] - But he paid you well?

Yes.

But this is not fair.

This is not what I want with you.

[sniffles] Please.

Let me talk to you some other time, please.

[crying]

[sobbing]

Now it's about time you tell me what is going on.

What is going on between you and that guy?

Has he hurt you?

[scoffs] OK, let me ask.

If you cannot talk to me, who else are you going to talk to?

[Igbo] It is Mama?

Rose!

OK, fine.

Anytime you decide to talk, just so you know,

your sister is here and she will listen.

[distant voice] I don’t understand you anymore. I don’t understand you this days.

You are absent minded in all you do here. You are not as friendly as you used to be.

You don’t work well.

[Igbo] If I send you on an errand, you'll just go there and do what you want.

What is going on here? [Igbo] What is it, Rose?

- Rose! - Hmmm?

[Igbo] What is "hmm"?

I've been talking to you for the past how many minutes

and you’re not responding. Eh!

What is the matter with you? [Igbo] What is wrong with you?

- [Igbo] Mama, it's nothing. Sorry. - [Igbo] Nothing?

[Igbo] Something is wrong. If there's a problem, talk to me. I am your mother.

What were you telling me?

[Nonso] Hey! But mine is better.

[chatter]

- Rose, welcome. - Rose, welcome.

- Rose. - Mama.

- Is everything OK? - Yes, mama.

Where are you coming from?

Mama, I told I’ll be going to Desmond's place. I'm coming from there,

Did he hurt you?

[chuckles] No, mama.

Did he touch you?

No.

You have to stop going there.

In fact, we don’t need that business anymore.

Call him and tell him I said so.

Mama.

What’s the need?

You know we are in need of the money.

Good fortune has finally smiled on us.

When good fortune smiles on people...

it doesn’t take away their smile.

I don’t like what I'm seeing.

Mama... see?

I'm smiling

I'm just really tired.

Oh? [Igbo] Please.

- Mama Nonso. - Yes, my dear.

Eh... What of Rose? We’ve not been seeing her?

My daughter, Rose.

Rose has been very busy.

She's a very hardworking girl.

As we speak now, she went to the market to buy something for her boss.

- [Igbo] Her boss? - Yeah.

- I don’t understand. - You don’t know?

Do you remember that rich man that gave her money in your workshop?

The one that carries that [Igbo] big air-conditioned car. Eh?

We now cook for him.

Oh.

OK, ma.

- OK... thank you, Ma. - Nelo!

[Igbo] You forgot your food. Are you not going with it?

[Igbo] Thank you.

- I'll take the change later. - [Igbo] Ooh! No problem, take care.

Let me even check if I have his change

[laughing]

[laughing hysterically]

[laughing]

[laughing hysterically]

[laughing]

Rose!

Nelo.

I’ve been looking for you.

- Really? - Yes.

Why?

About...

what we discussed... the last time now.

- Nelo... - Rose.

See, I really like you, eh?

Just... forget about this place.

I’m making moves. I’m making moves.

I'm not trying to convince you to like me. You understand? I'm not but...

I want us to be...

[stammers]

I want us to...

be close. I want us to be more than friends, eh?

Nelo.

I like you too.

But as a friend.

Ooh, ooh...

Why didn’t you tell me you are now working for that...

for that man that came here the other day with that...

Who told you?

Mama?

But you would have told me now, eh?

Since you say we are... we are friends.

- You should have told me. - It's of no use.

Listen. Rose. Rose!

I really like you.

Eh?

Rose...

I love you.

Hia! Nelo [Igbo] Please, please, please.

- Mama, good evening. - Where is your sister Rose?

- [Igbo] I don't understand. - Where is Rose now?

I’ve been calling her phone since afternoon and she's not picking up.

[pidgin] I don’t understand. Did you send her anywhere?

[pidgin] I didn’t send her anywhere.

This afternoon, she told me she was going to buy something. I...

Stupid me, I didn’t even ask her what she was going to buy.

Since that time till now, it's almost past ten and she has not come back.

[laughs]

[sighs]

[pidgin] Yeah, man, but... how to get rid of the girl is a problem.

[pidgin] She has been with me for the past two months.

[pidgin] Guy, someone I've used to run deals for two months now.

[pidgin] I've already spread her, you know?

[pidgin] I've used her to build networks.

[pidgin] She has played her role well.

[pidgin] You know how these teenage girls behave, getting all emotional and stuff.

[pidgin] You will warn them early, not to get emotionally attached.

[pidgin] This is just fun

[laughs]

Please.

[pidgin] She laid the foundation for I and Abbey's solid network.

[pidgin] I and Abbey are back in good terms, making cool money.

[laughs]

[pidgin] Go and find your merchandise, please.

Abbey and I, we are cool now.

[pidgin] On a solid network the girl helped us build.

All right, no shaking.

[pidgin] No problem.

[clanking sound]

Baby...

It was just a phone call.

Just a phone call.

Eh...

Rose... Rose!

Rose!

Rose!

[gate closes]

What's up?

Stand up!

Do you want to kill yourself? What is wrong with you?

Is this what you've been doing? Are you mad?

- Do you want to kill yourself?! - [Rose whimpering]

You want to kill yourself? This is what you’ve been doing?!

[Rose whines]

[tuts]

Sister...

why did you allow him?

Why did you allow him do this to you?

Tell me.

Look...

Look around you.

This is...

the hardest place to live.

Still...

the easiest place to die.

How come...

how come we don’t get to choose...

where we are born?

How we are born?

Yet...

we struggle...

through wherever we find ourselves?

Sometimes I envied you.

Your freedom.

Free spirit.

Doing whatever you like.

Although what...

what you were doing... was wrong.

I saw the good...

in the wrong you did.

I kept fighting...

I kept fighting not to do the same.

Because whatever you did,

whatever you... you could do...

was never enough for us.

So I didn't...

I didn’t want to sleep with men for money.

But...

I think that's... that's the best...

and easiest option.

For any girl

When I met Desmond...

I felt he was...

he was heaven sent.

I could be in love...

with a man...

who could provide for us...

and make us...

leave this place.

[sobbing]

Desmond...

Desmond... is a demon.

That’s...

That's all I can tell you.

I don’t blame you...

so don’t blame yourself.

Well...

maybe for being an example.

I don’t blame mama.

I don’t blame papa...

for dying...

and leaving us behind.

All of us.

I don’t blame life...

for being so... so unfair.

I don’t blame Desmond...

for looking like an angel.

A fallen angel.

So don’t blame yourself.

[sniffles]

Come, come. Come.

[both crying]

[sobbing]

[phone ringing]

[phone rings]

[exhales]

In your life...

for the rest of your miserable life,

don’t you ever call my sister again.

I'm not threatening...

but I promise...

I will hurt you anyway that I can, if you ever try to reach her or see her...

anywhere.

That was English and I know that you understand.

Fool.

[sniffs]

[phone ringing]

[phone ringing continues]

[sniffs]

- Abbey! - [pidgin] My guy, where's the babe?

[pidgin] I told someone about her so we need to hook up.

Abbey, Abbey, please.

[pidgin] I just wanted to give this babe to you, alone, for some reasons.

[pidgin] Wait, we are now playmates, right?

You are joking with me, right? Desmond?

[stammers] No, no, no. We...

[pidgin] We are not playmates.

[pidgin] The issue is... the girl doesn’t pick her calls.

Hello?

Hello?

[pidgin] I'm not comfortable with what you're doing, guy.

[pidgin] You came to me for friendship not so?

[pidgin] Good. And I have rules for this friendship.

You're no longer in agreement.

You want to go the other side?

No, no, no, no, not at all. At all.

[pidgin] You want this girl to yourself, Desmond.

[pidgin] Brother, you know I can’t.

[pidgin] On matters concerning you, I'm loyal.

[pidgin] So many things will end...

if I don’t see that girl tonight.

[pidgin] This deal is good for me and for you, but if I lose it...

[pidgin] You will lose many things. Guy, did you hear me?

[pidgin] You will lose many things, because you won't be alive.

Hello, I...

Hello?

[glass shatters]

You all should get up, let us pray.

- [Ugo] Mama, what is it? - Ugo, Obi.

Get up, let us pray. It's time to pray.

- Mama, what time is it? - It's 3am.

- Let's wait till morning... - Take this thing!

There is no time to waste. Get up, get up.

Get up. We need to pray, get up!

[singing in Igbo]

[singing continues]

[singing continues]

[singing in Igbo]

Ah... [tuts]

[prayer]

[Mama Rose] My Heavenly Father, I call upon you because I have no one else.

[prayer continues]

[prays in Igbo] I have no other pillar. God in Heaven, we are here.

[Igbo] Please come down and watch over us.

[Igbo] My Father. Oh!

[Igbo] Who else will I call on but You ?

You have held us together, Father. Together we will stand as one.

[Igbo] Father, any openings the devil uses as access into this house,

I pray that You seal it, cover it. Cast them away.

[Igbo] Father, here are my kids

[Igbo] My God in Heaven, here are my kids.

[Igbo] Here are my kids, Heavenly Father.

[prayer continues]

[Igbo] There's no besides You. Here are my kids, my daughters.

[Igbo] Father, please save them. Save them, save them, save them.

[Igbo] It's better they accept You than for us to be wealthy.

We are content with what you've given to us.

Oh, Father! [speaks Igbo]

Please cover us with your blood.

Cover us with the blood of Jesus.

Let the blood flow through us, man. Ha!

Let the blood flow through us!

Let us call nobody else but You,

- in the mighty name of Jesus... - [brakes screeching, crash]

Rose!

[Ugo] There is someone who watches all we do.

There is someone who protects us from the things we cannot see

And that someone provides someone to fight for us physically.

Our mothers...

our sister...

even ourselves.

[Ugo inhales]

I stopped fighting it.

Maybe my mother's purpose is to feed these people, make them happy with good food.

My sister and I assist,

waiting for our own time, our own destinies.

This is my mother's story...

not mine or Rose's.

Ours have only yet begun.

[chatter]

[Ugo chuckles]

[Ugo] It only just begun.

[soft music plays]